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A STORY STILL UNFOLDING Forty Years of Arsenal Pulp Press
2011 marks the fortieth anniversary of Arsenal Pulp Press; forty years since a renegade group of young Vancouver writers and thinkers fired up a copying machine and produced the first Pulp book: Please Wait for Attendant to Open Gate, by Tom Osborne. None of us currently active at the press have been here quite that long but we do feel connections to those early days in 1971, a period when so many changes were happening in the culture. Since then, the issues have evolved, but the protests, the riots, the free thinking—the ideas—have not gone away. And neither have we. At the same time, the book industry has undergone a revolution in recent years, both good and bad; in the midst of the commotion, we maintain our commitment to publishing books that are distinctive in both voice and theme, offering alternative narratives that tell stories not easily found in the dominant culture. Above all, this year is, for us, a celebration of the great authors and artists we’ve published over the decades and continue to work with; we are proud to be part of your journey. As well, we thank our partners in crime, not only our reps, distributors, and printers, but the booksellers who sell our books and the media who write about them. Despite the vagaries of the business, we are more than optimistic about 2011 and beyond. Our own story is still unfolding. You’ll have to stick around to find out what happens next. Brian Lam Publisher
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An astonishing how-to book that elevates embroidery to an art form, by the co-author of the best-selling Yarn Bombing.
Hoopla The Art of Unexpected Embroidery
Hoopla includes twenty-eight innovative embroidery patterns and profiles of contemporary embroidery artists, including Jenny Hart, author of Sublime Stitching; Rosa Martyn of the UK-based Craftivism Collective; Ray Materson, an ex-con who learned to stitch in prison; Sherry Lynn Wood of the Tattooed Baby Doll Project, which collaborated with female tattoo artists across the United States; Penny Nickels and Johnny Murder, the self-proclaimed Bonnie and Clyde of embroidery; and Alexandra Walters, a military wife who replicates military portraits and weapons in her stitching. Full-color throughout and bursting with history, technique, and sass, Hoopla will teach readers how to stitch a mythical jackalope and mean and dainty knuckle-tattoo church gloves and create their own innovative embroidery projects. If you like anarchistic DIY craft and the idea of deviating from the rules, Hoopla will inspire you to wield a needle with flair! with a foreword by betsy greer
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Hoopla, by the co-author of 2009’s bestselling Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti, showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it’s never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on innovative stitch artists who specialize in unusual, guerrilla-style patterns such as needlepoint nipple doilies and a ransom note pillow; it demonstrates that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles with which they work.
Leanne Prain; photos by Jeff Christenson Leanne Prain is the co-author (with Mandy Moore) of Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet & Knit Graffiti (page 30), now in its second printing. She co-founded a stitchand-bitch called Knitting and Beer in order to expand her skills while knitting at the pub. A professional graphic designer, Leanne holds degrees in creative writing, art history, and publishing. She lives and crafts in Vancouver. unexpectedembroidery.com
isbn 978-1-55152-406-1
crafts & hobbies
8.75 x 10 | 232 pp | paper
(embroidery)
$29.95
cra008000
125 color images
pub month: september
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A cookbook and guide to the locavore aficionados who are rediscovering the vanishing art of jams and pickles.
WE SURE CAN! How Jams and Pickles Are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local Food NEW RELEASE
We Sure Can! celebrates the ongoing “Canvolution,” in which urban “preservationists,” local-food aficionados, rural picklers and jammers, and food bloggers are rediscovering the vanishing art of home canning jams, pickles, and other preserves. And we’re not talking your standard strawberry jam here; passionate canners are preserving all manner of fruits and vegetables, and combining them with unexpectedly exotic spices and ingredients. The book features over 100 recipes from an international assembly of inventive canners (including the author herself), as well as profiles of those who do it best. The book’s recipes are divided according to the seasons; some of the more tantalizing creations include Lemongrass, Ginger & Kaffir Lime Jelly; Blackberry Lime Jam; Dandelion Jelly; Pickled Ramps; Lavender Peach Preserves; and Pickled Watermelon Rinds. The book also features practical and important information and safety tips for those wanting to start canning produce at home.
Sarah B. Hood Sarah B. Hood is a freelance food writer who has been canning for more than a decade. Her preserves have won prizes from Canada’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and the Culinary Historians of Canada. She is the co-author of Toronto: The Unknown City (Arsenal). She lives in Toronto.
isbn 978-1-55152-402-3
cooking
8.75 x 10 | 272 pp | paper
(canning & preserving)
$24.95
ckb015000
100 color images
pub month: september
Perfect for fans of the growing locavore movement and those who are empowered by the idea of “putting up” their own preserves, this book will inspire readers to start their own jam sessions as soon as the year’s bumper crop of fruits and vegetables becomes available. Can anybody join the movement? We sure can!
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An insightful study of Hollywood’s shortcomings and the concurrent success of indie film.
SHOOT IT! Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film NEW RELEASE
Shoot It! is a revealing history of how Hollywood, with its eye on the bottom line, lost its ability to support the work of creative filmmakers; it is also a passionate portrait of the American independents, and others outside the studio system, who have risen up to fill the void. The book examines the Hollywood studio system over several decades, from the period in which moguls like Harry and Jack Warner and Louis B. Mayer produced quality yet commercially viable films, to today, when studios seem only interested in surefire sequels and comic-book adaptations aimed at a global audience. Shoot It! also celebrates today’s great movies produced outside of the studio system, chronicling the international independent film movement in seven countries (the US, Canada, Mexico, Britain, France, Romania, and South Korea), from its roots (French New Wave, British Kitchen Sink, the New York scene) to the revolutionary impact of digital technology. It also features new interviews with indie film notables such as Gus Van Sant, Mike Leigh, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Catherine Breillat, Sally Potter, John Sayles, and Ken Loach.
David Spaner While the studios envisage a generic universe, repressing local film cultures along the way, talented independents continue to tell local stories with universal appeal. This book is a celebration of those determined filmmakers who, despite it all, overcome every obstacle and just shoot it.
David Spaner has worked as a movie critic, feature writer, reporter, and editor for numerous newspapers and magazines. He is the author of Dreaming in the Rain: How Vancouver Became Hollywood North by Northwest (Arsenal). He lives in Vancouver.
isbn 978-1-55152-408-5 6 x 9 | 272 pp | paper $22.95 50 b&w images
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A fascinating book on the queering of the French literary canon by American writers and scholars.
The inverted gaze Queering the French Literary Classics in America NEW RELEASE
François Cusset, author of the acclaimed book French Theory, investigates the queering of the French literary canon by American writers and scholars in this thought-provoking and freeminded journey across six centuries of literary classics and sexual polemics.
François Cusset, translated by David Homel François Cusset is the former director of the New Yorkbased French Publishers’ Agency, and is currently professor of American Studies at the University of Paris. He is the author of French Theory (University of Minnesota Press), a pioneering account of four decades of intellectual and political life in the United States. David Homel, born and raised in Chicago, is a Governor General Literary Award-winning translator and writer who lives in Montreal. His translations include The Last Genet (page 29).
isbn 978-1-55152-410-8 6 x 9 | 160 pp | paper $17.95
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Cusset presents the foundations and rationale for American queer theory, the field of study— established in the 1990s and promulgated by writers and scholars such as Judith Butler, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Michael Warner (in the wake of Michel Foucault)—which challenges a supposed “heteronormative” ideology in our culture. He then provides an overview of their reinterpretation of the French literary canon from a queer perspective, then deliberately goes further, confronting that same canon with a lively form of general suspicion—seeking gender trouble and sexual ambiguities in the most unexpected corners of French literary classics, in which macho heroes turn out to be homosocial melancholics, and the most seemingly submissive housewives, great vanguards of lesbian liberation. Cusset’s survey includes medieval and Renaissance literature; works from the Age of Enlightenment; 19th-century avant-gardists such as Baudelaire and Balzac; and 20th-century modernists such as Proust and Genet. Bold in its themes and propositions, The Inverted Gaze (a translation of the book Queer Critics) is an extraordinary work about French literature and American queer politics by one of France’s most prominent intellectuals.
pub month: october
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A stunning art book on Douglas’s monumental photo installation about the Gastown Riot.
STAN DOUGLAS Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971
The book’s eponymous image is a monumental inkjet work installed in the atrium of the new Woodward’s complex in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, in the heart of Canada’s poorest neighborhood. The image depicts the aftermath of a real-life, violent confrontation in 1971 between police and members of Vancouver’s counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The book takes this event, and Douglas’s work, as points of departure in order to consider the legacy and implications of this tumultuous time, not only for Vancouver but for all urban areas where conflicts arise based on class, social standing, politics, race, gender, and sexuality. The book will also contain five essays, whose esteemed writers bring together expertise on cinema, urban geography, modern art, conceptual art, mass media, and the history of the 1960s and ’70s to bear on Douglas’s work. Essays by: • Alexander Alberro (author of Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity) • Nora Alter (author of Chris Marker) • Serge Guilbaut (author of How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art) • Sven Lütticken (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) • Jesse Proudfoot (SFU Dept. of Geography doctoral student)
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Stan Douglas: Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, an art book on the politics of urban conflict, is based on the work of Stan Douglas, one of Canada’s most revered contemporary artists. His film and video installations, photographs, and other works use the conventions of cinema, music, and literature to construct historical and cultural narratives.
Stan Douglas Stan Douglas is an internationally renowned visual artist who has exhibited widely, including at Documenta, the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Biennial, and the Carnegie International. In 2007, he won the inaugural $25,000 Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award for excellence in Canadian visual arts. He has been the subject of numerous books and catalogs, including Stan Douglas (Phaidon), Stan Douglas, Past Imperfect: Works 1986–2007(Hatje Cantz), and Stan Douglas: Every Building on 100 West Hastings Street (page 28). He lives in Vancouver.
isbn 978-1-55152-413-9
visual art (individual
8 x 10 | 224 pp | cloth
artists – comtemporary)
$40.00
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120 color & b&w images
pub month: october
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An Asian-Canadian man meets the sister he never knew he had: a wistful novel about family, loss, and forgiveness.
BEAUTY PLUS PITY NEW RELEASE
“Beauty plus pity—that is the closest we can get to a definition of art.” —Vladimir Nabokov In this tragicomic modern immigrant’s tale, Malcolm Kwan is a slacker twentysomething Asian-Canadian about to embark on a modeling career when his life is suddenly derailed by two near-simultaneous events: the death of his filmmaker father, and the betrayal of his fiancée who has left him. Soon he meets Hadley, the half-sister he never knew existed—the result of his father’s extramarital affair—and as their tentative relationship grows, Malcolm is forced to confront his past relationships with women, including his own mother, an art teacher working through her grief as well as her resentment at her son befriending her husband’s daughter. Written with a winsome yet plaintive eye, Beauty Plus Pity is about a young man who’s forced to reckon with the past as he works through his lifelong ambivalence toward his hyphenated cultural identity, and between two parents holding intolerable secrets.
Kevin Chong Kevin Chong was born in Hong Kong in 1975 and raised in Vancouver. He is the author of a novel, Baroque-a-Nova (Penguin), a music memoir entitled Neil Young Nation (Greystone), and a forthcoming memoir on horse-racing. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Walrus, Chatelaine, and the CBC Arts website.
isbn 978-1-55152-416-0
fiction
5.5 x 8 | 256 pp | paper
fic019000
$16.95
pub month: september
A novel of heartbreak and humour, Beauty Plus Pity is written with an energy and humanity few novels possess. Kevin Chong is an extraordinary writer who is at the top of his game. —Stephen Galloway
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Beguiling stories about the lost souls of the Boomer Generation.
ANticipated results NEW RELEASE
Here are some lost members of the Boomer Generation—chronic underachievers at work and love—recurring characters in Dennis E. Bolen’s Anticipated Results, his first story collection with Arsenal Pulp Press. Seeking solace in each other’s dysfunctional company; conducting ill-organized interventions; throwing disastrous dinner parties; trying to fix their cars: all the disparate behaviors of a societal subset whose demeanor masks a disquieting rage at how they’ve lost their way and an impotent desire to try to find it again. Written with unnerving eloquence evocative of Raymond Carver, Anticipated Results could be about any of us—wracked with self-doubt and anguish over what has come before, yet still clinging with vigor to the idea of what may yet come to be. It’s wholly captivating ... I know these people. I have attended their awkward dinner parties and joined them on boozy camping excursions ... [Anticipated Results] is well worth picking up. It captivated me enough to finish it in only two sittings which says a lot. —Vancouver is Awesome Dennis E. Bolen’s seventh work of fiction shows a writer at the top of his game ... Anticipated Results dances with clever language that both mocks and questions a generation’s legacy. Boomers will see themselves in this cast of characters, and other generations will get an idea of how the Boomers’ idealism went sideways. —Quill and Quire (STARRED REVIEW)
Dennis E. Bolen Dennis E. Bolen is a novelist, editor, teacher, and journalist, first published in 1975 (Canadian Fiction Magazine). He holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria (1977) and an MFA (Writing) from the University of British Columbia (1989), and taught introductory Creative Writing at UBC from 1995 to 1997. He is the author of six books of fiction, the most recent of which is the novel Kaspoit! (Anvil Press). He lives in Vancouver.
isbn 978-1-55152-400-9
fiction
535 x 8 | 176 pp | paper
fic029000
$15.95
pub month: october
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The paperback edition of Sarah Schulman’s visionary novel of New York.
The mere future NEW RELEASE
The paperback edition of Sarah Schulman’s dystopian satire about urban mores and gentrification gone awry. Set sometime in the nottoo-distant future, New York City has morphed into an idealized version of itself, the result of what the newly elected mayor calls The Big Change. Rent is cheap, homelessness is over, and everyone works in Marketing. Despite the utopian surface, however, there is a disturbing malaise that infects the population. Our heroine, a lowly copywriter, and her girlfriend Nadine just want to fall in love all over again, but can’t help noticing that the social packaging may not be recyclable.
Sarah Schulman Sarah Schulman is the author of fourteen books, including the novels Rat Bohemia (page 33), Empathy (page 24), and The Child (page 33), and the non-fiction book Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences. Her many awards include a Guggenheim, Fulbright, and the 2009 Kessler Award for her “Sustained Contribution to LGBT Studies.” She is a Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at CUNY, College of Staten Island.
isbn 978-1-55152-424-5
fiction
5.5 x 8.25 | 184 pp | paper
fic019000 | fic018000
$15.95
pub month: september
Calling on all genres—literary fiction, mystery, fantasy, poetry, and stand-up comedy— Schulman invents a literature that reflects the lives we live right now while being funny, sexy, and open-hearted. Sparkling with witty and provocative social commentary, The Mere Future is a startlingly sharp-eyed prophecy of the world to come that blows literary conventions out of the water. Clever word craft, poetic political satire and biting humor on every page. —Publishers Weekly Shockingly of the moment … The Mere Future is set a few years hence “when things are slightly better because there has been a big change,” and, as she always does, Schulman fashions a writing style that suits the setting … [This] is probably Schulman’s funniest book. —Lambda Book Report
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A Queer Film Classic on Luchino Visconti’s lyrical 1971 film adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel.
Death in venice A Queer Film Classic
Death in Venice: A Queer Film Classic is a bracing exploration of both a complicated director and a complex film. QUEER FILM CLASSICS is a critically acclaimed book series that launched in 2009 and edited by Thomas Waugh and Matthew Hays, covering twenty-one of the most important and influential films about and by LGBTQ people, made in eight different countries between 1950 and 2005, and written by leading LGBTQ film scholars and critics. For existing Queer Film Classic titles, see page 25–26.
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A Queer Film Classic on Luchino Visconti’s lyrical and controversial 1971 film based on Thomas Mann’s novel, about a middle-aged heterosexual artist (played by Dirk Bogarde) vacationing in Venice who becomes obsessed with a youth staying at the same hotel as a wave of cholera descends upon the city. The book analyzes the film’s cultural impact and provides a vivid portrait of the director, an ardent Communist and grand provocateur. Known variously as “The Red Count” and “the director of the dirty bed sheets,” Visconti, along with Roberto Rossellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Vittorio De Sica, and Federico Fellini, revolutionized Italian film and became one of the giants of world cinema. Although he never spoke openly about his homosexuality, it was an open secret, and many of his works, like Death in Venice, were suffused with it—from the first Neo-Realist film, Ossessione, to Rocco and His Brothers to The Damned and the epic Ludwig.
Will Aitken Will Aitken is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, multimedia director and teacher. His novels include Realia, A Visit Home and Terre Haute. He has written for the Globe and Mail, the National Post, Maclean’s, the Paris Review, and a variety of other publications, and worked as a writer-broadcaster for the CBC, the BBC, and NPR. He lives in Montreal.
isbn 978-1-55152-418-4 5 x 7 | 160 pp | paper $14.95 b&w film stills
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A Queer Film Classic on a groundbreaking 1977 documentary about ordinary gay men and lesbians.
Word is out A Queer Film Classic NEW RELEASE
A Queer Film Classic on the groundbreaking 1977 documentary that profiles the lives of ordinary gay men and lesbians of different ages, races and backgrounds. Word is Out found a wide audience theatrically and, perhaps more importantly, had a national public-television broadcast. The film presented an intimate portrait of gay men and lesbians, and by doing so, it played a significant role in the then-nascent struggle for gay rights. It premiered the same year that Anita Bryant waged her infamous “Save Our Children” campaign in Florida, a battle that was soon copied across the US. With its affable portrait of twenty-six gay men and women, Word is Out offered an important counterpoint to the homophobic rhetoric that Bryant and others were spreading.
Greg Youmans Greg Youmans is a scholar, maker, and programmer of queer film and video. His research focuses on gay and lesbian activist and experimental filmmaking of the late 1970s, in the context of the rise of the religious right and the channelling of gay and lesbian politics into a liberal, rights-based agenda. He also creates an ongoing video series with Chris Vargas, entitled Falling in Love … with Chris and Greg. He lives in Oakland, California.
isbn 978-1-55152-420-7 5 x 7 | 160 pp | paper $14.95 b&w film stills
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Greg Youmans examines the historical, political, and aesthetic significance of this important film, situating it firmly in its late-1970s context. He also delves beneath the film’s placid surface to explore the backstory of its making, from the complicated relationships among its six filmmakers (three men, three women) to the more than 140 video pre-interviews they conducted in their search for the perfect cast. QUEER FILM CLASSICS is a critically acclaimed book series that launched in 2009 and edited by Thomas Waugh and Matthew Hays, covering twenty-one of the most important and influential films about and by LGBTQ people, made in eight different countries between 1950 and 2005, and written by leading LGBTQ film scholars and critics. For existing Queer Film Classic titles, see page 25–26.
pub month: november
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A Queer Film Classic on John Greyson’s controversial, funny Canadian film musical about AIDS.
zero patience A Queer Film Classic
This book provides a guided tour of the film, looking at its engagement with both biomedical and populist discourses around AIDS in its first decade and with the political work undertaken by the queer community to provide support for HIV+ people and treatment for those with AIDS. It also delves into how Greyson, one of the most important figures in New Queer Cinema, combined experimental film aesthetics with a camp take on Hollywood genre films (both musical and horror) and the Canadian documentary film tradition while at the same time responding to Shilts’ book and other discourses focused on placing blame for the AIDS crisis on an individual and a community. QUEER FILM CLASSICS is a critically acclaimed book series that launched in 2009 and edited by Thomas Waugh and Matthew Hays, covering twenty-one of the most important and influential films about and by LGBTQ people, made in eight different countries between 1950 and 2005, and written by leading LGBTQ film scholars and critics. For existing Queer Film Classic titles, see page 25–26.
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A Queer Film Classic on John Greyson’s controversial 1993 film musical about the AIDS crisis which combines experimental, camp musical, and documentary aesthetics while refuting the legend of Patient Zero, the male flight attendant accused in Randy Shilts’ book And the Band Played On of bringing the AIDS crisis to North America.
Susan Knabe and Wendy Gay Pearson Susan Knabe is an Assistant Professor in both the departments of Media and Information Technology and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research at the University of Western Ontario. Wendy Gay Pearson is an Assistant Professor in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research at the University of Western Ontario. She has published widely on discourses of sexuality, race, citizenship, and belonging in contemporary film and literature. Both live in London, Ontario.
isbn 978-1-55152-422-1 5 x 7 | 160 pp | paper $14.95 b&w film stills
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A funny Asian-American novel that won the most recent International 3-Day Novel Contest.
terroryaki NEW RELEASE
A raucously funny Asian-American novel that won the most recent International 3-Day Novel Contest. It’s three months until the wedding, and Samantha’s Taiwanese parents still disapprove of her hopelessly white fiancé. Meanwhile, Sam’s food-obsessed sister, Daisy, is on the hunt for a mysterious take-out truck whose dishes are to die for. Terroryaki! is a tale of love, family, redemption and the best—if slightly cursed—dish of chicken teriyaki to be found in this realm of existence. The International 3-Day Novel Contest is a notorious rite of passage for writers that has taken place every Labor Day Weekend since 1977. The 34th annual contest will take place September 3–5, 2011; for more information, contact 3daynovel.com.
Jennifer K. Chung Jennifer K. Chung is a Taiwanese-American software engineer, writer, and pianist. She lives near Seattle. Terroryaki! is her first novel.
isbn 978-1-55152-412-2
fiction
5 x 7.25 | 144 pp | paper
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$14.95
pub month: september
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HOW IT ALL VEGAN!
LA DOLCE VEGAN!
10th Anniversary Edition
Sarah Kramer
Vegan Livin’ Made Easy
Kramer The tenth-anniversary edition of the bible for vegan cooks. Includes new recipes, as well as updates and advice that better reflect the new vegan reality; it also includes a color photo section and a new introduction by co-author Sarah Kramer, who speaks personally and passionately about the impact of veganism on her life over the past decade. over 100,000 sold (original and new editions)
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-253-1 $22.95
CLASSIC EDITION: ISBN 978-1-55152-067-8
THE GARDEN OF VEGAN How It All Vegan Again! Tanya Barnard & Sarah Kramer
Sarah’s first solo cookbook, featuring more of the delectable, easy-to-prepare recipes that vegans around the world have come to adore. For Sarah, vegan cooking can be an adventure in dining, without a lot of investment in time or money. Most of these recipes can be prepared in thirty minutes or less. Includes a fun do-it-yourself section of vegan tips and non-food items. over 60,000 copies sold sixth printing Every self-respecting vegetarian should own at least one book by Sarah Kramer. She’s a venerable vegan kitchen goddess who knows that eating cruelty-free doesn’t mean sacrificing taste. —Memphis Flyer
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-187-9 $23.95
VEGAN À GO-GO! A Cookbook & Survival Manual for Vegans on the Road Sarah Kramer
Tanya and Sarah’s second book picks up where How It All Vegan! ended. These are recipes for a more sophisticated palate that add funky twists to familiar dishes bursting with color and flavor. The Garden of Vegan will lead you into temptation. over 50,000 copies sold seventh printing Teaches the world at least two things: that being a vegan can be loads of fun and that vegan food is to die for. —vegsource.com
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-128-2 $21.95
Vegan à Go-Go! represents a change of pace for Sarah: a cookbook and more for vegan travellers, many of whom are daunted by the idea of going on the road and being able to locate and/or prepare the kind of nutricious animal-free meals they enjoy at home. It includes 150 recipes, many of them new, and others that have been adapted from her earlier books. The rest of the book contains information and advice pertinant to vegan travelers. second printing With these dishes, Sarah has managed to make vegan food fun, tasty, and sexy! —Jane Wiedlin, The Go-Go’s
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-240-1 $17.95
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F OOD & D R I N K
Tanya Barnard & Sarah
GET IT RIPE
RIPE FROM AROUND HERE
A Fresh Take on Vegan Living
A Vegan Guide to Local & Sustainable Eating (No Matter Where You Live)
F OOD & D R I N K
jae steele jae steele’s second cookbook underscores the importance of local, sustainable eating and living by helping readers deepen their understanding of organic and local foods, and their positive impact on our health and our planet. The book includes chapters on finding a balance between various food issues and personal priorities and values; and the benefits of the local food movement that go beyond reducing the carbon footprint on our plates. Readers attuned to the local food movement will appreciate steele’s approach; her book can also be enjoyed as a straightforward vegan cookbook. —Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)
jae steele jae’s first book is a vegan cookbook for the 21st century, with an emphasis on holistic living and whole foods (i.e., unprocessed and unrefined) ingredients. jae steele is a registered holistic nutritionist; she has also been a professional vegan baker, and worked on organic farms on both the east and west coasts of Canada. jae offers practical advice and truly delicious recipes in her friendly, never-judgmental voice. This book is a breath of fresh, yummy air. —Jessica Porter, author of The Hip Chick’s Guide to Macrobiotics second printing
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-234-0 $23.95
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EAT, DRINK & BE VEGAN
VIVE LE VEGAN! Simple, Delectable Recipes for the Everyday Vegan Family
Everyday Vegan Recipes Worth Celebrating Dreena Burton In her third cookbook, Dreena Burton turns her attention to celebratory food—imaginative, colorful, and delectable vegan fare perfect for all kinds of events, from romantic meals for two to dinner parties to casual potlucks. Dreena also maintains an active blog (vivelevegan.blogspot.com) and website (everydayvegan. com) and has cultivated an enthusiastic audience for her family-oriented, nutritious recipes.
Dreena Burton In her second cookbook, Dreena Burton is here to show you how the decision to “go vegan” doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice nutrition or flavor, and in fact will make you and your family feel healthier and more alive. The recipes in Vive le Vegan! don’t over-rely on the use of soy, given recent concerns about over-consumption, and many feature whole grains and hemp. They’re also disarmingly easy to prepare.
fourth printing fifth printing Dreena has the know-how and a knack for whipping up inviting, festive dishes in minutes that anyone can enjoy as healthful weekday fare ... her Gimme Chimis is a mouth-watering creation that features nutritious ingredients in a south-of-the-border-style sauce with a touch of fire. —Vegetarians in Paradise
Vive le Vegan! gives you everything you need, all in one fun and inviting book. —Erik Marcus, vegan.com
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-224-1 $24.95
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-169-5 $22.95
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Recipes & Lessons for Living the Vegan Life Dreena Burton
THE MODERN AYURVEDIC COOKBOOK Healthful, Healing Recipes for Life Amrita Sondhi
Dreena’s first cookbook demonstrates that anyone can prepare and enjoy an array of delectable vegan dishes without having to compromise one’s health or sense of taste. Includes cooking and shopping tips, ingredient notes, meal plan suggestions, and nutritional analysis. sixth printing This is a book for anyone who loves food and wants to be healthy, with great recipes that are easy and totally tasty. Truly delicious reading. —Ingrid Newkirk, PETA
This all-vegetarian cookbook based on Ayurvedic traditions features delectable and nutritious recipes that appeal to particular doshas, which are one’s personal constitution based on physical and mental characteristics: air (vata), fire (pitta), and earth (kapha). And while the recipes are authentically Ayurvedic, they feature easy-to-find ingredients and modern-day cooking methods appropriate for busy lifestyles. Written with both converts and beginners in mind, The Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook is a 21st-century approach to an ancient tradition that will restore your health, energy, and sense of well-being.
I own many vegan cookbooks and The Everyday Vegan is by far one of the very best. —VegFamily Magazine
fourth printing
cooking (vegan) isbn 978-1-55152-106-0 $21.95
cooking (healthy) isbn 978-1-55152-204-3 $24.95
FROM THE OLIVE GROVE
THE SIMPLYRAW LIVING FOODS DETOX MANUAL
Mediterranean Cooking with Olive Oil
Natasha Kyssa
Helen & Anastasia Koutalianos Raw diets have become all the rage lately, but Natasha believes that proper digestion, essential for one’s health and vitality, can be greatly improved by a living foods diet. This manual, which includes 135 recipes as well as plenty of guidelines and background information, follows a proven approach to better health, natural weight loss, increased vitality, and healthy lifestyle changes. second printing Compact and comprehensive. —VegNews
The healthful virtues of olive oil, a key component of the Mediterranean diet, have become well-known in recent years; its monounsaturated fats and antioxidants are beneficial in preventing heart disease by controlling LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels while simultaneously raising HDL (“good”) cholesterol levels. In this charming, intimate cookbook, Helen and her daughter Anastasia have collected 150 delectable, Mediterranean-inspired recipes (Greek and beyond), many of which have been passed along from Helen’s mother and grandmother, in which olive oil is a central ingredient. This useful, straightforward, and informative cookbook is a valuable addition … It will appeal to seasoned cooks as well as novices. —Library Journal
health / fitness (diets) isbn 978-1-55152-250-0 $18.95
cooking (mediterranean) isbn 978-1-55152-367-5 $21.95
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F OOD & D R I N K
THE EVERYDAY VEGAN
A FEAST FOR ALL SEASONS
WHERE PEOPLE FEAST
Traditional Native People’s Cuisine
An Indigenous People’s Cookbook
Andrew George Jr. and Robert
Dolly & Annie Watts
F OOD & D R I N K
Gairns Andrew George, of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Canada, is a well-respected aboriginal chef and instructor who has spent the last twenty-five years promoting the traditions of First Nations food. In A Feast for All Seasons, he has compiled aboriginal recipes that feature ingredients from the land, sea, and sky, elements of an enduring cuisine that illustrate respect for the environment and its creatures, and acknowledgment of the spiritual power that food can have in our lives.
The food traditions of North America’s Indigenous peoples are centuries old and they endure to this day. Dolly Watts and her daughter Annie’s Native cuisine is both traditional and modern; Where People Feast, one of very few Indigenous cookbooks available, introduces people to extraordinary foods that are truly North American. Recipes include Smoked Salmon Mousse, Indian Tacos, Venison Meatballs, AlderGrilled Breast of Pheasant, Wild Rice Pancakes, and Wild Blueberry Cobbler. Includes sixteen full-color photos and 150 recipes.
A fine collection and very highly recommended for those looking for an original series of dishes to experiment with. —Midwest Book Review
featured on npr third printing
cooking (american) isbn 978-1-55152-368-2 $21.95
cooking (american) isbn 978-1-55152-221-0 $21.95
NEW WORLD PROVENCE
THE REAL JERK
Modern French Cooking for Friends and Family
Lily & Ed Pottinger
Alessandra & Jean-Francis Quaglia French cuisine is considered among the world’s best, but its traditional ingredients like butter and cream aren’t always appropriate for today’s heart-healthy diets. New World Provence, by the chef-proprietors of Vancouver’s Provence restaurants, is designed with contemporary North American audiences in mind, featuring healthy, easy-to-find ingredients prepared using traditional French techniques tweaked for the home cook. The book includes beautiful yet simple recipes that take advantage of meats, seafood, and vegetables abundant in North American markets. second printing
New Caribbean Cuisine
There’s a Jamaican phrase, “Out of many, one people,” that is reflected in the style of cooking from the Caribbean: distinct, bold flavors coming together to create an electric experience. Such is the case with The Real Jerk. This is new Caribbean cuisine, cooking born out of tradition, steeped in history, and brought into a new world where styles and tastes fuse to become something entirely different. Let The Real Jerk transport you to new Caribbean cuisine: a blend of tastes and cultures unlike any you’ve visited before. fourth printing Favourite Caribbean recipes from the proprietors of the famed, eponymous Toronto restaurant. —Canadian Living
cooking (french) isbn 978-1-55152-223-4 $29.95
cooking (caribbean) isbn 978-1-55152-115-2 $23.95
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VENUS WITH BICEPS
The Muscular Male Body in Popular Culture, 1860–1970
A Pictorial History of Muscular Women
David L. Chapman with Brett
David L. Chapman with Patricia
Josef Grubisic
Vertinsky
A fascinating collection of images (many in full color) depicting the muscular American male as documented in popular culture from 1860 to 1970. The book, divided into historic eras, includes such personalities as Charles Atlas, pioneer weightlifter Eugen Sandow, and movie stars such as Johnny “Tarzan” Weissmuller. Pictures of legendary physiques from original superstar hunk Eugen Sandow to Charles Atlas to Arnold Schwarzenegger appear, well produced and annotated ... What might have been a wink-wink, nudge-nudge volume is instead vital Americana. —Booklist
gay studies / popular culture isbn 978-1-55152-256-2 $29.95
In this fascinating collection of rare archival images from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, authors David L. Chapman and Patricia Vertinsky trace the peculiar yet fascinating history of muscular women in popular culture. A truly fascinating tour of the hardbodied heroines of the photographic age ... I opened the book prepared to gawk at the weirdness of a past when most women were tiny, fluffy, corseted creatures and those who weren’t were sent to the freak show, but by the time I’d read it through to the end, I’d realized that nothing of any significance has occurred in the realm of thinking about women’s figures for at least a hundred years. An edifying read indeed. —The New Yorker women’s studies / popular culture isbn 978-1-55152-370-5 $27.95
LUST UNEARTHED
OUT/LINES
Vintage Gay Graphics from the DuBek Collection
Underground Gay Graphics From Before Stonewall
Thomas Waugh
Thomas Waugh
Gay porn for the thinking man: these 200-plus drawings are from the private collection of Ambrose DuBek, a film and television designer from the 1940s to the 1980s; the images are remarkably frank, explicit, sometimes funny, sometimes outrageous depictions of men, created by artists both famous and unknown, and produced during a time when even drawings of nude men were illegal, and thus rare. Waugh’s narrative is a remarkable history lesson that illuminates a once-furtive underground culture. lambda literary award finalist second printing [Waugh’s] brilliant text … justifies, honors and illuminates these precious artifacts of our history. —Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation gay studies / visual arts isbn 978-1-55152-165-7 $26.95
A resurrection of erotic gay images that circulated in clandestine communities whose sexualized visibility was a potentially devastating risk—a wealth of approximately 200 previously unpublished “obscene” images from the queer pre-Stonewall underground. Historically rigorous and aesthetically explicit, Out/Lines is sure to shock and astonish. Waugh is also the author of Gay Art. lambda literary award finalist second printing Lovingly and entertainingly gathered together … the pictures are by turns funny, hot, strikingly composed, and historically fascinating. —Frontiers
gay studies / visual arts isbn 978-1-55152-123-7 $22.95
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G AY & L E S B I A N
AMERICAN HUNKS
GAY ART
COMIN’ AT YA!
A Historic Collection
The Homoerotic 3-D Photographs of Denny Denfield
Felix Lance Falkon with Thomas Waugh
David L. Chapman &
G AY & L E S B I A N
When originally published by Greenleaf Editions in 1972, A Historic Collection of Gay Art was the first book of its kind to document expressions of gay male sexuality as depicted in visual art. This updated edition features erotic line drawings and other artwork from ancient Greece to 1970s America, by artists both anonymous and infamous (including Tom of Finland, Graewolf, Blade, and Aubrey Beardsley), as well as an insightful narrative that provides a fascinating historical context.
Thomas Waugh An amazing collection of full-color, sexually explicit 3-d photographs of men taken in the early 1950s by Denny Denfield, an amateur physique photographer. His photographs, never distributed publicly given their illegality at the time, display a skill, wit, and daring rarely seen, and with their rich Kodachrome colors and mid-century decors, can now be appreciated for their rogueish, almost naïve charm. The 3-d photographs are composed of dual images which “come alive” when viewed through the 3-d glasses, supplied with the book.
foreword book of the year finalist A treasure trove of early gay pornography. —Chicago Free Press
This book is remarkable … attesting to the universality of male beauty and desire over time and place. —Gay & Lesbian Review
gay studies / erotica / photography isbn 978-1-55152-225-8 $27.95 / 3-d glasses included
gay studies / visual arts isbn 978-1-55152-205-0 $24.95
PETER FLINSCH
ROY & AL
The Body in Question
Ralf König
Ross Higgins Peter Flinsch, who passed away in 2010, is one of the art world’s unsung heroes; for the past sixty years, he produced hundreds of paintings, drawings, and sculptures which depict the eroticized male body. In 2006, he won the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation in New York, and now, for the first time, his work has been collected in a beautiful, full-color edition that celebrates his life and art.
Roy & Al is the first Englishlanguage book by Europe’s most popular gay cartoonist, Germany’s Ralf König, whose collections have sold over one million copies and been translated into six other languages. Roy & Al is a hilarious, erotically charged series of gay comics starring two dogs whose owners are dating; an uproarious vision of contemporary gay life through the eyes of man’s best friend. lambda literary award finalist
Lavishly illustrated … by having it on our coffee tables we can prove … that gay art is more than Tom of Finland and Tom Bianchi. —EDGE
It pushes boundaries, demanding an appreciation of gay life in all its outrageousness. —Edge
visual arts / gay studies isbn 978-1-55152-237-1 $27.95
graphic novels / gay humor isbn 978-1-55152-206-7 $11.95
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PERSISTENCE
BUTCH IS A NOUN
edited by Ivan E. Coyote & Zena
S. Bear Bergman
In the summer of 2009, butch writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and gender researcher and femme dynamo Zena Sharman wrote down a wish-list of their favourite queer authors; they wanted to continue and expand the butch-femme conversation. The result is Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme. The stories in these pages resist simple definitions. The people in these stories defy reductive stereotypes and inflexible categories. The pages in this book describe the lives of an incredible diversity of people whose hearts also pounded for some reason the first time they read or heard the words “butch” or “femme.” Includes a foreword by Joan Nestle, renowned femme author and editor of The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, a landmark anthology originally published in 1992.
Butch is a Noun, the first book by activist, gender-jammer, and performer S. Bear Bergman,won wide acclaim when published by Suspect Thoughts in 2006: a funny, insightful, and purposely unsettling manifesto on what it means to be butch (and not). In thirty-four deeply personal essays, Bear makes butchness accessible to those who are new to the concept, and makes gender outlaws of all stripes feel as though they have come home. From girls’ clothes to men’s haircuts, from walking with girls to hanging with young men, Butch is a Noun chronicles the perplexities, dangers, and pleasures of living lifeoutside the gender binary. This new edition includes a new afterword by the author.
spring 2011 release gender studies / gay & lesbian studies isbn 978-1-55152-397-2 $19.95
THE NEAREST EXIT MAY BE BEHIND YOU S. Bear Bergman A collection of essays on gender and identity that is irrevocably honest and endlessly illuminating. With humor and grace, these essays deal with issues from women’s spaces to the old boys’ network, from gay male bathhouses to lesbian potlucks, from being a child to preparing to have one. lambda literary award finalist Bergman’s gift of storytelling illuminates the evolving nuances of queer and trans life. —Feminist Review
gender studies / gay & lesbian studies isbn 978-1-55152-369-9 $18.95
I AM A RED DRESS Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother, and a Daughter Anna Camilleri Acclaimed writer and performer Anna Camilleri confronts the ghosts of her past as she seeks to find her rightful place in the world. These eloquent stories and narratives speak to the heart of three generations of women—Anna, her mother, and her grandmother—as they dealt with a cycle of family abuse; in them, the red dress appears as a symbol of defiance and empowerment. Throughout the book, Anna unravels memory that is inextricably tied to culture, class, and tradition, in a strong and beautiful voice that bravely asserts its right to be heard. Pointed and powerful … Camilleri’s a terrific writer, in control of some emotionally charged prose. —NOW
gender studies / gay & lesbian studies isbn 978-1-55152-264-7 $18.95
biography / gender studies isbn 978-1-55152-163-3 $16.95
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G AY & L E S B I A N
Sharman
BRAZEN FEMME
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT
Queering Femininity edited by Chloë Brushwood Rose
True Stories of Gay Male Desire
& Anna Camilleri
edited by Richard Labonté & Lawrence Schimel
G AY & L E S B I A N
A manifesto for the unrepentant bitch, straddling the furious and fantastic. Undeniably celebratory and deeply troubling, this sharpedged collection (of fiction, prose poetry, personal essay, photographs, and illustration) figures the un-hyphenated femme experience emerging in performance, betrayal, violence, humor, and survival. Featuring critically acclaimed writers including Michelle Tea, Camilla Gibb, Sky Gilbert, Amber Hollibaugh, and Anurima Banerji. lambda literary award finalist second printing A bold, groundbreaking collection. —Lambda Book Report
nonfiction (anthologies) / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-126-8 $19.95
These smart, savvy stories push at the parameters of queer erotic life, featuring contributors both well-known and novice. Subject matter ranges from single, significant encounters to the ephemera of emotional desires that never lead to physical pleasure. lambda literary award finalist [I Like It Like That] a reminder that virtual sex is best when it comes with a storyteller’s skills, triggering your own memories of lust and love … There’s dizzying variety in these 34 entries. —Xtra!
nonfiction (anthologies) / gay & lesbian / erotica isbn 978-1-55152-259-3 $16.95
SECOND PERSON QUEER
FIRST PERSON QUEER
Who you are (so far)
Who we are (so far)
edited by Richard Labonté &
edited by Richard Labonté &
Lawrence Schimel
Lawrence Schimel
This followup to the Lambda Award-winning First Person Queer is an anthology of essays on LGBT life written in the second person: letters to family and friends, missives to homophobes, confessions to lovers, tributes to notables of the past such as Jean Genet and David Wojnarowicz, and words of advice for the next generation. Powerful, funny, poignant: these are the stories of who you are as a LGBT person, or the person you would most like to be. Includes work by S. Bear Bergman, Achy Obejas, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.
In this amazing, wide-ranging anthology of non-fiction essays, contributors write intimate and honest first-person accounts of queer (gay/lesbian/ bisexual/trans) experience: from coming out to “passing” as straight, to the devastation of meth addiction, to growing old to living proud.
nonfiction (anthologies) / gay & lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-245-6 $18.95
nonfiction (anthologies) / gay & lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-227-2 $17.95
lambda literary award winner The collection winningly celebrates differences rooted in a variety of ways to the mutable boundaries of sexuality and gender … Whether read in a couple of sittings or savored essay by essay, this is an eye-opening vista on diversity. —Kirkus Reviews
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FIST OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
WITH A ROUGH TONGUE
Tales of Fear & Queer Desire
Femmes Write Porn
edited by Amber Dawn
& Trish Kelly
This anthology of horror stories, with literary styles that span gothic, speculative and noir, expresses the fantasies of queer women and provides strong characters in place of the genre’s stereotypically scantily dressed victims. —Ms. Magazine
fiction (anthologies) lesbian / horror isbn 978-1-55152-251-7 $17.95
RED LIGHT Superheroes, Saints, and Sluts edited by Anna Camilleri
A rebellious anthology of stor ies about sex and the modern femme: no-holds barred, queer sex tales that reinvent lesbian erotica in ways that are transgressive and empowering. independent publisher award finalist [The editors] dismantle every expectation of lesbian erotica in this collection. —Bust Well-written, empowering, and challenging. —Books to Watch Out For
fiction (anthologies) / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-193-0 $16.95
COMFORT FOOD FOR BREAKUPS The Memoir of a Hungry Girl Marusya Bociurkiw
The female as represented in western popular culture has been a timeless yet culturally unstable image, construed and contested by men and women alike. Red Light is an anthology of essays, stories, and visual materials that identifies and deconstructs female icons, past and present, and re-imagines them for the 21st century. lambda literary award finalist Brave and bold and in your face, a brazen mix of passionate intelligence and striking sexuality. —Herizons
An elegiac memoir about food, family, and the thorns of personal history written by a Ukrainian Canadian lesbian, whose family recipes connect intimate vignettes in which food nourishes, comforts, and heals the wounds of the past, including those of a father haunted by memories of time spent in a concentration camp during World War II. The author, both at home and in her travels through North America and Europe, also reconciles her family life with her queer identity; food becomes her salvation and a way to engage with the world. lambda literary award finalist kobzar literary award finalist
fiction (anthologies) / women’s isbn 978-1-55152-184-8 $18.95
food literature / biography / lesbian isbn13 978-1-55152-219-7 $16.95
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G AY & L E S B I A N
In this collection, horror (including gothic, noir, and speculative writing) is defined as that which both titillates and terrorizes, forcing readers to confront who they are. Subversive, witty, sexy—and scary—Fist of the Spider Woman poses two questions: “What do queer women fear the most?” and “What do queer women desire the most?”
edited by Amber Dawn
THE RICE QUEEN DIARIES
LET ME KISS IT BETTER
A Memoir
Elixirs For the Not So Straight and Narrow
Daniel Gawthrop
Billeh Nickerson
G AY & L E S B I A N
In this moving autobiography, Daniel Gawthrop writes about the politics and pleasures of being a self-identified “rice queen”: a gay man who is attracted to Asians. He explores the multicultural minefields of sexuality and culture as he articulates the manners and contradictions of his desires. finalist, foreword magazine book of the year
Billeh Nickerson tells it like it is: a wry and at times outrageous chronicler of contemporary gay life, written for those who can take it like a man, or at least read about it without squirming. More naked than David Sedaris, more fraudulent than David Rakoff, Nickerson’s invigorating tonics are just what the doctor ordered. Nickerson is also author of McPoems, The Asthmatic Glassblower and editor of Seminal (all page 40).
Gawthrop, like Yukio Mishima, is adept at invoking virile beauty. —Gay & Lesbian Review
Forty-eight sprightly, occasionally pensive pieces on his career as a card-carrying homo-sapiens. —Xtra!
An intriguing variation on the classic coming out narrative. —Bay Area Reporter
With the precision humor of a stand-up comedian, Nickerson riffs on the minutiae of gay life. —Chicago Free Press gay studies / humor isbn 978-1-55152-125-1 $13.95
gay studies / biography / cultural studies isbn 978-1-55152-189-3 $16.95
Patrick Califia, introduction by
THE CARNIVOROUS LAMB
Wendy Chapkis
Agustín Gómez-Arcos, introduc-
MACHO SLUTS
tion by Sharon Feldman A vital and moving collection of S/M stories set in San Francisco’s dyke bathhouses, sex parties, and S/M gay bars. Includes a new afterword by the author and an introduction by Wendy Chapkis, a Professor of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine a little sister’s classic Reading it again, I was reminded of how 20 years ago, the book was more than porn—it radicalized and appropriated pleasure and became a canon in the lesbian sex wars … Dorothy Allison called Califia’s work “lucid, intelligent, brave, and true.” A more accurate assessment is hard to find. —Curve
This brilliant novel is set in the 1950s, narrated by a thirteenyear-old who describes himself as a “carnivorous lamb”; an innocent who in truth is anything but. He rebels against those who wish to contain him, and his turbulent rites of passage are veiled responses to a hateful mother, an indifferent father, and the authority of church and state. Winner of France’s Prix Hermès. a little sister’s classic Triumphant … provocative and carnal … An astute examination of a repressive political and religious environment’s impact on moral judgment and behavior. —Gay & Lesbian Review
fiction / lesbian / erotica isbn 978-1-55152-260-9 $17.95
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fiction / gay men’s isbn 978-1-55152-230-2 $16.95
PATIENCE & SARAH Isabel Miller, introduction by
FRANNY, THE QUEEN OF PROVINCETOWN
Emma Donoghue
John Preston, introduction by
First published to wide acclaim in 1983, Franny was a book of gay heroism and camaraderie in the shadow of the burgeoning aids crisis. Today, one can read Franny with a sense of nostalgia and with the knowledge that Franny’s dreams of a society that accepts gays and lesbians without question is closer to fruition, but far from complete. a little sister’s classic
a little sister’s classic second printing The writing has the directness and whimsicality of primitive paintings—it is like spiked gingerbread or surprising samplers. The tone is sweetly bold. And the tale evokes many kinds of frontier at once. —Village Voice fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-191-6 $17.95
Franny says “… there should be noise when someone dies. Loud noise!” John’s voice continues to resonate. And we are all the more fortunate for still being able to hear it. —Nisa Donnelly
fiction / gay men’s isbn 978-1-55152-190-9 $13.95
THE YOUNG IN ONE ANOTHER’S ARMS
Song of the Loon
Jane Rule, introduction by
Michael Bronski
Richard Amory, introduction by
Katherine V. Forrest First published in 1977, The Young in One Another’s Arms is about the building of female communities. Combining issues of race, gender, sexuality, and politics, this warm, sophisticated novel celebrates the camaraderie and strength of women. The novel won the Canadian Authors Association Best Novel of the Year Award in 1978. In 2007, Jane Rule won the Alice B. Medal for her lifetime’s work.
First published in 1966, Song of the Loon is a lusty gay frontier romance that tells the story of Ephraim MacIver, a 19th-century outdoorsman, and his travels through the American wilderness, where he meets a number of characters who share with him stories, wisdom, and sexual encounters. The most popular erotic gay book of the 1960s, Song of the Loon was the inspiration for two sequels, a 1970 film of the same name, at least one porn movie, and a parody novel.
a little sister’s classic Lesbian identity itself is not so much subsumed into the community as kept whole within it … not singled out as an angle of vision any more or less valid than others. —Feminist Studies
fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-181-7 $16.95
a little sister’s classic second printing A charming, delightfully queer pastoral. —Gay & Lesbian Review
fiction / gay men’s isbn 978-1-55152-180-0 $19.95
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G AY & L E S B I A N
Michael Lowenthal Set in the 19th century, this classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, an educated painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. First published in 1969, Patience & Sarah won the American Library Association’s first Gay Book Award.
FINISTÈRE
WHISPER THEIR LOVE
Fritz Peters, introduction by
Valerie Taylor, introduction by
Michael Bronski
Barbara Grier
G AY & L E S B I A N
A lyrical gay coming-of-age story first published in 1951, acclaimed by many including Gore Vidal and The New York Times, about Matthew, a young American who moves to France with his mother following his parents’ divorce. In boarding school and on trips with his mother into the countryside, Matthew navigates his budding sexuality and complicated new relationships with trepidation and hardship until he is forced to confront finistère—land’s end—where the brutal truths of the world can be found. a little sister’s classic
Joyce is eighteen, a freshman at a fashionable school for girls; suddenly all that matters to her is a woman twice her age. This beautifully written pulp novel was published as a mass market paperback in 1957 and is widely considered a historic milestone for its openly lesbian, feminist content, which shocked many readers at the time. It has been described as an “anti-romance novel” for its grounding in the reality of lesbian experience. a little sister’s classic
The best novel this reviewer has ever read on the theme of homosexuality. —New York Times (1951) fiction / lesbian isbn 978-155152-210-4 $15.95
fiction / gay men’s isbn 978-1-55152-211-1 $17.95
BLACKBIRD
EMPATHY
Larry Duplechan, introduction by
Sarah Schulman, introduction by
Michael Nava
Kevin Killian
Blackbird is a funny, moving coming-of age novel about growing up black and gay in southern California. The lead character, Johnnie Ray Rousseau, is a high school student upset at losing the lead role in the school staging of Romeo and Juliet. All the while, he’s intrigued by Marshall MacNeill, who is surely the sexiest man to walk God’s green earth. This novel of adolescent awakening is as fresh and heartfelt as it was when first published. Duplechan is also author of Got ’til it’s Gone (page 35).
Anna O. is a loner in New York, an office temp obsessed with a mysterious woman in white leather; Doc is a post-Freudian psychiatrist who hands out business cards to likely neurotics on street corners, and is looking for his own personal fulfillment. They befriend each other in the netherworld of the Lower East Side, two unlikely people drawn together by their confusion about and empathy for the world around them and each other. Schulman is also author of The Mere Future (page 8), Rat Bohemia (page 33), and The Child (page 33).
a little sister’s classic a little sister’s classic Blackbird wasn’t just the first Black gay coming out tale; it was—and still is—one of the quirkiest and funniest novels I’ve ever read. —James Earl Hardy
With Empathy, the lesbian novel comes of age. —Fay Weldon
fiction / gay men’s isbn 978-1-55152-202-9 $15.95
fiction / lesbian isbn 978-155152-201-2 $15.95
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A Queer Film Classic
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Shohini Ghosh
A Queer Film Classic
FIRE
Farewell My Concubine is a thought-provoking consideration of Chen Kaige’s acclaimed 1992 Chinese film set in the mid-20th century about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them, set against the political turmoil of a China in transition. The film’s treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was a first in Chinese cinema, and the subject of much controversy there. An intimate, provocative and original look at the film ... I left this book with a deep understanding not only of the film itself but also the way in which sexuality and gender has developed and grown in China in the last two centuries. —GScene magazine (UK)
performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-363-7 $14.95
performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-362-0 $14.95
MONTREAL MAIN
TRASH
A Queer Film Classic
A Queer Film Classic
Thomas Waugh and Jason Garrison
Jon Davies
Montreal Main considers the brilliant yet neglected 1974 Canadian film set in Montreal’s bohemian neighborhood “The Main” and hailed at its premiere at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The movie, directed and starring Frank Vitale, is a fascinating cinema vérité take on North American social mores and relationships in the 1970s, about a twentysomething photographer living among the outcasts, junkies, and artists populating the Main, and his growing obsession with Johnny, the young son of acquaintances, a relationship that is doomed from the start.
The film Trash is a down-and-out domestic melodrama about a decidedly eccentric couple: Joe, an impotent junkie (played by Warhol film regular Joe Dallesandro), and Holly (played by trans Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn), Joe’s feisty and sexually frustrated girlfriend. Author Jon Davies argues that Trash, so comical yet so heartrending, is an allegory for the experiences of Dallesandro, Woodlawn, their co-stars, and countless other human “leftovers,” whose self-fashioning for Warhol and Morrissey’s gaze transformed them—if only fleetingly—from nobodies into somebodies.
A passionate hybrid of theory, film criticism and social history, engaging the cutting edge of contemporary sexual politics. —John Greyson, filmmaker
[Davies] delves into the title theme on material and personal levels, considering their symbolic interplay. He also offers observations on the film’s motif of redemption as seen through the lens of complex relationships. —Library Journal
performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-364-4 $14.95
performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-261-6 $14.95
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G AY & L E S B I A N
Helen Hok-Sze Leung Fire delves into the controversial 1996 lesbian love story by Indianborn director Deepa Mehta. Set in a contemporary middle-class Hindu household in the heart of Delhi, Fire is the story of Radha and Sita, the wives of two brothers, who fall in love with one another. Crisis overtakes the extended family when a servant discovers the relationship and tells one of the husbands; overcoming both a literal and allegorical “trial by fire,” the two women leave their marriages to make a life together.
LAW OF DESIRE
GODS & MONSTERS
A Queer Film Classic
A Queer Film Classic
José Quiroga
Noah Tsika
G AY & L E S B I A N
Law of Desire has been acknowledged as redefining the way in which cinema can portray the difficult affective relationships between homosexuality, gender, and sex. This book examines the political and social context in which Almodóvar created Law of Desire, as well as its impact on LGBT cinema both in Europe and around the world. [Quiroga] views the narrative within larger social, sexual, and cultural contexts, and his supporting analyses of specific scenes, cinematic elements, and dialog reflect his extensive research, as do his references to other works by director Pedro Almodovar. —Library Journal
Moving from the slums of Britain in the early 20th century to the new era of “talkies” in Hollywood and beyond, Gods and Monsters looks at the historical events that helped shape director James Whale (played by Ian McKellen) and his films. In 1957, long after his career had peaked, he recounts his experiences to his young, straight gardener (played by Brendan Fraser), with whom he forms an uncommon bond. Noah Tsika’s book examines Gods and Monsters from a variety of perspectives, highlighting the complexity and significance of its achievements, including its fusion of fantasy and biography. A blend of fascinating personal tidbits and keenly defined insights, Tsika gives the book a feel of authenticity that goes beyond intellectual honesty and reaches emotional genuineness. —EDGE
performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-262-3 $14.95
performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-263-0 $14.95
THE VIEW FROM HERE
IN A QUEER COUNTRY Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context
Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers
edited by Terry Goldie
Matthew Hays In The View from Here, queer directors and screenwriters speak passionately about the medium, in particular about their personal experiences navigating the often cynical and cruel film industry. All of them offer fascinating anecdotes and ideas about cinema, and speak candidly about their attempts to combat studio apathy and demands of “the market” to create films that are entertaining, engaging, and truthful. Filmmakers profiled include John Waters, Gus Van Sant, Pedro Almodóvar, Bill Condon, Don Roos, Randal Kleiser, Don Mancini, Gregg Araki, Lea Pool, Monika Treut, Rosa von Praunheim, and many more.
In terms of rights and freedoms for queers, Canada holds an international reputation as among the most liberal of nations. Yet this picture of harmonious gay and lesbian assimilation is nothing if not fractured. In a Queer Country is a groundbreaking collection of fourteen essays from established and emerging writers on the struggles, pleasures, and contradictions of queer culture and public life in Canada. Edited by the author of queersexlife (page 27). lambda literary award finalist A unique, state-of-the-art collection. —rabble.ca
lambda literary award winner performing arts (film) isbn 978-1-55152-220-3 $22.95
gay & lesbian studies / cultural studies isbn 978-1-55152-105-3 $19.95
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edited by Louis-Georges Tin Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality and various cultural responses to it, in all regions of the world: a masterful, engaged, and wholly relevant study that traces the political and social emancipation of a culture. The Dictionary of Homophobia is a both a revealing and necessary history lesson for us all.
queersexlife Autobiographical Notes on Sexuality, Gender & Identity Terry Goldie
At once exhilarating, daunting, and endlessly fascinating. —Lambda Book Report
Evocative of writers Patrick Califia and Kate Bornstein, whose best works explore gender and sexuality through personal memoir, queersexlife is a frank and intimate collection of responses to theories of queer sexuality and identity as viewed through the author’s own experiences. By turns insightful and elegant, Terry Goldie delves into contemporary subject matter both fraught and explicit, revealing subtle, fluid truths about human sexuality and desire: drag queens, feminism, cross-cultural sex, bisexuality, gay youth, and the concept of being “out,” among others. By the editor of In a Queer Country (page 26).
The best book on gay history ever written. —InsightOut Book Club
An important contribution to queer theory. —Feminist Review
gay & lesbian studies isbn 978-1-55152-229-6 $44.95
OUTBURSTS!
POLAROIDS
A Queer Erotic Thesaurus
Attila Richard Lukacs and Michael
compiled by A.D. Peterkin
Morris
The history of terms used to describe the sexual activities of gays and lesbians have opposing sources: one, the discreet networks of gay men and lesbians who sought to come up with a new terminology for the pleasures of their secret lives; and the other, those who found gay sexuality repellent, and created phrases that denigrated and insulted its proponents. The result? A coded language, for better or worse, that celebrates sexuality in all its queerness. By the author of One Thousand Beards (page 30). Remember being excited as a child each time a new sexrelated word entered into your vocabulary? Relive that titilating experience while at the same time broadening your sexual knowledge by reading this book. —The Link gay studies / humor isbn 978-1-55152-151-0 $16.95
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Attila Richard Lukacs is best known for his epic paintings that depict masculine, homoerotic imagery, featuring figures such as gay skinheads and military cadets. This is the first book to document the work of this important artist, from an unusual perspective—a collection of some 1,200 full-color Polaroid images (twelve per page) taken by Lukacs over the past twenty years as core referents for his paintings, assembled and collaged by Vancouver artist and curator Michael Morris. The large-format (13 x 16.5") book features essays by award-winning author Michael Turner (Hard Core Logo, The Pornographer’s Poem); writer Stan Persky; Scott Watson, director of the Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery in Vancouver; and Vince Aletti, the American curator, critic, and journalist. visual arts / gay men’s isbn 978-155152-295-1 $55.00
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G AY & L E S B I A N
THE DICTIONARY OF HOMOPHOBIA
VANCOUVER ART & ECONOMIES
STAN DOUGLAS: EVERY BUILDING ON 100 WEST HASTINGS
edited by Melanie O’Brian
edited by Reid Shier
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Vancouver Art & Economies situates Vancouver at the center of one of the world’s most intriguing visual arts scenes, and the political, geographic, institutional, and cultural influences which shape it. In its essays by various writers, artists, critics, and curators, the book, co-published by Artspeak, provides a forum for critical dialogue on Vancouver’s contemporary art practices in the face of its remarkable recent history. Artists covered include Roy Arden, Stan Douglas, Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, Jeff Wall, and Ian Wallace. Includes color and black-andwhite images throughout. One of the reasons Vancouver is so prominent is because of books like Vancouver Art & Economies. —Vancouver Sun
visual arts isbn 978-1-55152-214-2 $24.95
Using the work of one of the art world’s most celebrated visual artists—Stan Douglas—this book unravels the dynamics of history and sociology, combined with photography and art, to create a compelling and visually arresting document that informs our understanding of what makes a neighborhood. The book is based on a monumental-sized print of 100 West Hastings by Douglas, which is reproduced in the book as a removable full-color poster. city of vancouver book award winner second printing [A] scathing, learned must-read. —Canadian Art
visual arts (photography) isbn 978-1-55152-135-0 $25.95
TO THE DOGS
THE UNCANNY
Peter Culley
Experiments in Cyborg Culture
The history of the relationship between canines and humans is more complex than one would think. From Sparta to Stalingrad, the dogs of war, cleanup, guard duty, and companionship have been at our side; their loyalty knows no bounds, whether they are beloved pets or guardians of riot police or unsavory fight fans. From companion to full-fledged member of the tribe, the dog has irrevocably moved into our homes, hearts and minds to such an extent that the boundaries between “owner” and “pet” have dissolved. featured in modern dog magazine
edited by Bruce Grenville A dazzling and provocative examination of the cyborg—the concept of man-as-machine—in popular culture. Includes thirtytwo full-color photographs and more than sixty black and white images. award for outstanding achievement, canadian museums association Brilliant … in its ability to match gripping popular culture with first-rate intellectual enquiry. —Vancouver Sun
A lyrical exploration of the complex relationship between man and dog. —Montreal Gazette
pets / visual arts (photography) isbn 978-155152-241-8 $32.95
visual arts / cultural studies isbn 978-1-55152-116-9 $27.95
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SEEING REDS
Essays on Race, Writing, and Region
The Red Scare of 1918–1919, Canada’s First War on Terror
Wayde Compton
Daniel Francis
The first nonfiction book by acclaimed Vancouver poet Wayde Compton repositions the North American discussion of race in the wake of the tumultuous twentieth century. These varied essays, steeped in a kind of history rarely written about, explore the language of racial misrecognition (a.k.a. “passing”), the poetics of hip hop turntablism, and the impact of the Obama phenomenon on the way we speak about race itself.
Author Daniel Francis examines Canada’s Red Scare in a global context, including government responses to similar activities in the United States and western Europe, as well as its ramifications for the contemporary war on terror, in which issues of free speech and political dissent are similarly compromised in the name of national security. Seeing Reds is a gripping account of a little known episode in Canadian history.
spring 2011 release
spring 2011 release
After Canaan offers an alternative epistemology for thinking about race. —Quill and Quire (STARRED REVIEW)
african-american studies isbn 978-155152-374-3 $18.95
The Winnipeg General Strike took place more than 90 years ago, but it resonates still – as in historian Daniel Francis’s new book ... A well-told tale. —The Globe and Mail
history isbn 978-1-55152-373-6 $26.95
THE LAST GENET
VANCOUVER SPECIAL
A Writer in Revolt
Charles Demers
Hadrien Laroche, translated by David Homel This translation of Le dernier Genet (Seuil) considers Genet’s insights, failures, and critique of humanism, and examines the way in which his energetic prose forged a new political, aesthetic, and philosophical relation between literature and the world. The Last Genet focuses on a critical moment in western culture, but also, on a broader scale, questions of borders, language, and identity, offering an alternative to Sartre’s concept of engagement. Hadrien Laroche analyzes and connects Genet’s writing to his involvement with disenfranchised political groups ... Highly recommended for readers interested in Genet and his works. —Library Journal biography isbn 978-155152-365-1 $22.95
Writer and performer Charles Demers examines the who, what, where, when, why, and how of Vancouver (host of the 2010 Winter Olympics), shedding light on the various strategies and influences that have made the city what it is today. Vancouver Special is a love letter to the city, taking a no-holds-barred look at Lotusland with verve, wit, and insight. hubert evans nonfiction book prize finalist An entertaining and intelligent collection of essays. Demers writes with impressive erudition and wit about everything from the distinctive and graceless Vancouver residential design that gives the book its title to the city’s approaches to racism, pot, anarchism, rich people and the homeless. —Globe & Mail literary travel isbn 978-1-55152-294-4 $21.95
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AFTER CANAAN
YARN BOMBING
THE BEARDED GENTLEMAN
The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti
The Style Guide to Shaving Face
Mandy Moore & Leanne Prain
Allan Peterkin & Nick Burns
A R T S , P O L I T I C S , & C U LT U R E
The definitive guidebook to textile street art, Yarn Bombing is a full-color DIY book featuring 20 kick-ass patterns that range from hanging shoes and knitted picture frames to balaclavas and gauntlets, teaching readers how to create fuzzy adornments for lonely street furniture. See also Hoopla (page 1). second printing featured in the new yorker An inspiring and unforgettable look at the world of knit graffiti and the creative folks behind it, Yarn Bombing deserves a place on any hip crafter’s bookshelf. —Debbie Stoller, author of the Stitch ‘n Bitch books
An authoritative yet lighthearted guide that offers detailed information on shaving and some fifty specific facial hair styles: where they come from, how to grow them, and how to maintain them. Among them are many well-known styles, such as the Handlebar, the Fu Manchu, the Goatee, the Van Dyck, and the more recent Soul Patch. There’s also practical advice on choosing a facial hair style that’s right for you, as well as insight into how facial hair figured in the history of masculinity, including its impact on politics, class, and sexuality. featured in the new york times, out, nylon, money
Great photos, stories, and instructions —Utne Reader
crafts & hobbies isbn 978-1-55152-255-5 $19.95
men’s health (grooming) isbn 978-1-55152-343-9 $14.95
ONE THOUSAND BEARDS
SPREE A Cultural History of Shopping
A Cultural History of Facial Hair
Pamela Klaffke
Allan Peterkin One Thousand Beards explores the historical meaning of beards, mustaches, sideburns, and other forms of facial hair, from Freud’s psychoanalytic interpretation, to a wild trip through history and a rogue’s gallery of famous bearded or mustached men. Includes numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. third printing featured in time magazine, esquire, the new yorker An entertaining and informative combination of a history, a documentary, an appreciation and a catalogue. —Publishers Weekly
Shopping is much more than the simple purchase of goods. In Spree, Pamela Klaffke reveals the ritual that is now daily routine. Her book is an entertaining and provocative study of shopping’s rich and enduring history, from Parisian arcades to American shopping malls, from the inventions of cash registers and shopping carts to the varied shopping customs around the world, from game shows to Internet shopping and eBay. Full of informative sidebars and fascinating photographs, Spree documents how shopping has evolved from a need, to a want, to a sport. Klaffke’s book is as free of spin as Lucky magazine, and just as entertaining. —New York Times
men’s health (grooming) / cultural studies isbn 978-1-55152-107-7 $19.95
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cultural studies isbn 978-1-55152-143-5 $17.95
Gord Hill A powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006. The book includes an introduction by Ward Churchill, a writer, political activist, and co-director of the American Indian Movement of Colorado. second printing
ANARCHY AND ART From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall Allan Antliff In numerous essays, Allan Antliff interrogates moments of engagement when anarchist artists, poets, philosophers, and critics have confronted pivotal events over the past 140 years. Rights sold in Germany and Brazil. Antliff’s research has yielded a new theoretical insight into a genre not often considered. —Bookforum An accessible, well-researched history. —Canadian Art
Hill’s raw images convey the events depicted effectively. —Publishers Weekly
graphic novels / politics isbn 978-1-55152-360-6 $11.95
politics / history / visual arts isbn 978-1-55152-218-0 $23.95
ONLY A BEGINNING
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
An Anarchist Anthology
The Personal Account of a West German Urban Guerrilla
edited by Allan Antliff Drawing on a wide-range of anarchist publications, Only a Beginning is the first comprehensive overview of anarchist theory and practice in North America from 1976 to the present, documenting over a quartercentury of grassroots activism, including protests and gatherings, art exhibitions, street theater, Internet sites, and squats, as well as specific movements such as environmentalism, anti-globalization, feminism, queer rights, Indigenous struggles, prisoners’ rights, and terrorism. Lavishly illustrated with original artwork and photographs. By the author of Anarchy and Art (above). Without a documentary history of anarchist organizations, theoretical developments, and activism we cannot build an effective movement. Only a Beginning saves us from this fate. —Ann Hansen, Direct Action politics isbn 978-1-55152-167-1 $24.95
Bommi Baumann The personal testimony of Michael “Bommi” Baumann, a man who, in the late 1960s and early ’70s, was a member of the June 2nd Movement, one of the most spectacular urban guerrilla organizations in West Berlin. Of this book, Baumann said: “Others should understand why people take the road of armed struggle, how they come to it, how the seeds are planted, and what the emotions behind it are.” In an age of public protests—against corporate greed, against free trade agreements, and for social justice— How It All Began provides a fascinating glimpse into the thinking behind urban struggle, and the consequences of action. second printing politics / current affairs isbn 978-0-88978-045-3 $18.95
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A R T S , P O L I T I C S , & C U LT U R E
THE 500 YEARS OF RESISTANCE COMIC BOOK
TALK – ACTION = 0 An Illustrated History of D.O.A. Joe Keithley
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The punk band D.O.A., established in 1978, is considered one of the founders of hardcore punk, alongside such other seminal groups as Black Flag and Minor Threat. Their raw, melodic sound, which drew comparisons to the Clash and the Ramones, has always been matched by the band’s acute political sensibility; known for its uncompromising and outspoken anarchist viewpoints, D.O.A. has been active on behalf of many issues, including antiracism, anti-globalization, freedom of speech, women’s rights, and the environment. Its slogan, “Talk – Action = 0,” refers to the importance of artists and others who need to “walk the walk” when it comes to their politics. After more than thirty years, D.O.A. remains as active as ever, touring internationally (including a trip to China, the first punk band to do so) and recording regularly (their thirteenth studio album was released in 2010); their fan base now spans three generations. This large-format book is a sprawling visual history of the group by lead singer/guitarist Keithley—made up of vintage photographs, posters, handwritten lyrics, and other various ephemera—that offers a visceral glimpse into the hardcore life of one of the hardest-working punk bands in the business. spring 2011 release They rock out. They blow the roof off. Some of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my life were D.O.A. gigs. I’ve never seen them not be amazing. —Henry Rollins (Black Flag) music isbn 978-1-55152-396-5 $27.95
I, SHITHEAD A Life in Punk Joe Keithley Joe Keithley, a.k.a. Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978—punk kings who spread counterculture around the world. They’ve been cited as influences by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, and The Offspring and have toured with the likes of The Clash, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and Nirvana. This is Joe’s personal, no-bullshit recollection of a life in punk, starting with the burgeoning punk movement, and traversing a generation disillusioned with the status quo who believed they could change the world. top 25 nonfiction book: amazon.ca third printing An autobiography that’s every bit as gnarly and entertaining as the punk rock music Keithley is famous for. —Vancouver Sun music / biography isbn 978-1-55152-148-0 $17.95
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GIRL UNWRAPPED
Amber Dawn
Gabriella Goliger
In this stunning debut novel, Amber Dawn subverts and transgresses the classic hero’s quest adventure to create a dark post-feminist vision not for the faint of heart. Sub Rosa’s reluctant heroine is known as “Little,” a teenaged runaway unable to remember her real name; in her struggle to get by in the world, she stumbles upon an underground society of ghosts and magicians, missing girls and would-be johns: a place called Sub Rosa. Not long after she is initiated into this family of magical prostitutes, Little is called upon to lead Sub Rosa through a maze of feral darkness, both real and imagined—a calling burdened with grotesque enemies, strange allies, and memories from a foggy past.
A powerful tale of the burdens and blessings of history, the divided self, and the quest to be whole, Girl Unwrapped is a coming-of-age story set in 1960s Montreal. Toni Goldblatt’s awakening to taboo desire conflicts with the expectations of her Holocaust-scarred parents and with the conservative mores of her times. spring 2011 release
lambda literary award finalist
Girl Unwrapped fits beautifully into the growing stack of literature about Jewish lesbian daughters of Holocaust survivors ... One of the strengths of the novel is the sure way Goliger incorporates social and political issues into Toni’s life. —Herizons
fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-361-3 $19.95
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THE CHILD
RAT BOHEMIA
Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman
The Child is the eleventh and perhaps most controversial book by acclaimed lesbian writer Sarah Schulman, available for the first time in paperback. This novel explores the parameters of queer teen sexuality against a backdrop of hysteria and sanctioned homophobia. lambda literary award and ferro-grumley award finalist
First published in 1995, this award-winning novel, written from the epicenter of the AIDS crisis, is a bold, achingly honest story set in the “rat bohemia” of New York City, whose huddled masses include gay men and lesbians who bond with one another in the wake of loss. By the author of The Mere Future (page 8), The Child (left), and Empathy (page 24). ferro-grumley award winner
Schulman crafts a piercing investigation into desire, mores, and the law. —Publishers Weekly
fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-243-2 $17.95
My surrender to Rat Bohemia is a testimonial to its gimlet-eyed accuracy, its zero-degree honesty … [It blows] the traditional novel off its hinges. —Edmund White, New York Times Book Review
fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-235-7 $17.95
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FICTION
SUB ROSA
A LITTLE DISTILLERY IN NOWGONG
THE SHORT, HAPPY LIFE OF HARRY KUMAR
Ashok Mathur
Ashok Mathur
FICTION
This fantastical historical novel, narrated by a child yet to be born, traces the lives of three generations of a Parsi family in India from the late 1800s to present day. One of the finest novels of the year. A Little Distillery in Nowgong is a welter of contradictions: It is at once a sweeping historical epic, spanning 100 years and three continents, and an intimate, character-based story. It is gritty and realistic while embracing a graceful magic; it is emotionally resonant and very often hilarious ... A Little Distillery is note-perfect, a compulsively readable work that unfolds naturally but surprises at every turn. I’m so glad I didn’t miss it, and you shouldn’t, either. —Vancouver Sun
The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar blends the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, with the geography of Canada and Australia. Harry Kumar is an unlikely hero who finds himself vaulted into a globetrotting quest to rescue his closest friend and confidant who’s been kidnapped by a mysterious villain. Mathur is also author of A Little Distillery in Nowgong and Once Upon an Elephant. commonwealth writers prize finalist A rich and multilayered story. —Georgia Straight fiction isbn 978-1-55152-113-8 $15.95 also available:
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SO LONG BEEN DREAMING Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy edited by Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan An anthology of original stor ies by leading African, Asian, South Asian, and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of color, depicting imagined futures from the perspectives of writers associated with what might loosely be termed the “third world.” Here are stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy; stories that are centered in the worlds of the “developing” nations; stories that dare to dream what we might develop into. The editors have collected an excellent group of stories that often show finesse in approaching difficult subjects regardless of genre. —Pop Matters
SOUCOUYANT David Chariandy A soucouyant is an evil spirit in Caribbean folklore, and a symbol here of the distant and dimly remembered legacies that continue to haunt the Americas. This extraordinary first novel focuses on a man who reconnects with his Caribbean-born mother suffering from dementia. third printing finalist, governor general’s literary award finalist, ethel wilson fiction prize longlisted, scotiabank giller prize longlisted, impac dublin literary award A haunting coming-of-age story. —Publishers Weekly
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THE ONLY THING I HAVE
SKIDS Cathleen With
In Rhonda Waterfall’s unsettling, evocatively written stories, life unfolds in odd, unpredictable ways: a murderous plot revealed through Post-It notes; a film director who will do anything to recapture his lost youth; an elderly woman who finds the love of a child in a marrow squash. Throughout, her characters are noble in the face of heartache, and human amidst the surreal darkness and light. What ties these stories together is how easily, and with what expertise, the characters deceive themselves, a trait that is coupled with their refusal to change their own lives.... At their best, these stories are engaging and surprising. —Quill & Quire
fiction isbn 978-1-55152-293-7 $17.95
THE REVEREND’S APPRENTICE
The stories told in Skids are elegiac confessions of the street: young kids living on their own, many of them runaways or addicts, eking out an existence in the brutal environs of a big city. Told in the vernacular of the street, these stories reverberate with a sense of urgency and desperation. An impressive debut collection. —Globe and Mail The author’s voice is original, fresh, and authentic … These stories feel lived rather than imagined. —Quill & Quire
fiction isbn 978-1-55152-215-9 $15.95
GOT ’TIL IT’S GONE Larry Duplechan
David N. Odhiambo The Reverend’s Apprentice, the third novel by David N. Odhiambo, is a powerful, tragicomic novel about power, culture, and identity politics in contemporary America, as seen through the eyes of an African student. Jonah Ayot is a graduate student from a fictional central-African nation, studying in a fictional American city some time after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003; the novel mirrors Jonah’s own struggle as a newcomer to American life, trying to organize his perceptions around an identity that is global rather than parochial. Here is an authentic and powerful writer channeling the anxieties, disjunctions, arrogances, and strivings of our times. —Rain Taxi
fiction isbn 978-1-55152-242-5 $17.95
The first novel by Larry Duplechan in fifteen years, and the fourth to feature his alterego Johnnie Ray Rousseau, a gay black man of Louisiana Creole stock. When we first met Johnnie Ray in the 1986 novel Blackbird (page 24)—the first gay black comingout novel ever published—he was a gay teenager in love with the star of a high school play; now he’s forty-eight, still handsome and gym-built but admittedly vain and looking down the short road to fifty with some chagrin. second printing With his gift of language and eye for detail, Duplechan has the makings to be a major literary figure. —EDGE
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FICTION
Rhonda Waterfall
MISSOURI
MANBUG
Christine Wunnicke
George K. Ilsley
FICTION
Written in the language of the period, this vivid and utterly transfixing novel set in the 19thcentury American Midwest is a love story between two men: Douglas Fortescue, a successful poet in England who flees the country for America following an Oscar Wilde-like scandal insinuating sexual impropriety; and Joshua Jenkyns, a feral young outlaw who was taught how to shoot a man at age six, and who, against the wishes of his father, teaches himself how to read, a skill that then unleashes a world of possibility beyond that which he knows. best books of the year list (ala lgbt roundtable)
Told in dreamlike fragments, ManBug unfolds as a love story between Sebastian, an entomologist with Asperger’s Syndrome, and Tom, a spiritual bisexual who may or may not be recruiting Sebastian for a cult. They explore the world through their relationship, seeking meaning and value in themselves through the other. foreword book of the year award finalist Ilsley’s larky and radiant story provides more than the anatomy of a disorder… [It’s a] love story that yields an unexpected universality. —Out Wry and often funny. —ALA GLBT newsletter fiction / gay men’s isbn 978-1-55152-203-6 $15.95
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MISSED HER
THE SLOW FIX
Ivan E. Coyote
Ivan E. Coyote
In her fifth story collection, Ivan takes readers on an intimate journey, both literal and figurative, through the experiences of her life: from her year spent in eastern Canada, to her return to the west coast, to travels inbetween. Ivan traverses love, gender and identity with a wistful, perceptive eye, and a warmth that’s as embracing and powerful as Ivan herself. second printing Her stories, all culled from her personal experience, yield a glimpse of a life not frequently spoken of in mainstream queer circles. Coyote’s perspective on small town queer life resists what Judith Halberstam calls “metronormativity,” or the assumption that queer desire and community cannot exist fully outside of urban centers. —Lambda Literary
In her fourth story collection, Ivan is disarming, warm, and funny while at the same time subverting our pre-conceived notions of gender roles.
lambda literary award finalist second printing These stories are elegant and homespun, light and piercing, straightforward with a twist. Ivan Coyote unsettles and reassures with a single, skilled stroke. —Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic As a frequent traveler, often living in remote areas as a writer-in-residence, Coyote applies a cool observer’s eye to both new destinations and the challenges related to her masculine appearance and identity. —Curve
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LOOSE END
Ivan E. Coyote
Ivan E. Coyote
The long-awaited first novel by acclaimed storyteller Ivan E. Coyote is a breathtaking story about love and loneliness, and the long road one must travel between them. Joey is a goodhearted, small-town mechanic whose wife has recently left him for another woman; his life changes when he agrees to exchange a beat-up Volvo for a beautiful, hand-crafted cello.
In her third story collection, Ivan focuses her attention on the city: specifically a diverse neighborhood of all types—communing at local coffee bars over hot rods, the art of skinny-dipping, and changes in the weather. With the observant eye of a master storyteller, she shows us how to break free of the rigors of authority and be true to ourselves.
ferro-grumley award finalist ala stonewall honor book third printing
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In this story of an everyman rediscovering that life is special, Coyote is telling all our stories … Keep your eyes on this writer. —Booklist (starred review)
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ONE MAN’S TRASH Ivan E. Coyote
[A] talent for telling multi-layered stories in unaffected prose. —Girlfriends Ivan’s genius is in the composition of the story. —gendercrash.com fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-192-3 $16.95
CLOSE TO SPIDER MAN Ivan E. Coyote
Ivan Coyote’s crystalline storytelling voice resonates in her second collection of stories about being queer and searching out new frontiers on the road and on the homefront. Coyote paints beautiful, wry, and honest portraits of life, the road, and the spirits within. What makes Coyote’s stories special—her humour, her humanity, her talent for sketching the bizarre in the everyday—soars beyond cliche. —Toronto Star A collection that I will treasure for a long time to come. —Lambda Book Report
fiction / lesbian isbn 978-1-55152-120-6 $13.95
Ivan’s first collection: connected stories whose female narrators seek out lives amidst the lonely, breathtaking landscape of the Yukon. Startling in their intimacy, these tales make up a moving scrapbook of what it’s like to be a young queer woman in the North, journeys imbued with the colors of a prescient sexuality and an honest heart. danuta gleed award runner-up third printing Blissfully rich … [a] thoroughly entertaining … surefooted, humorous take on misfit love and familial solidarity. —Publishers Weekly
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FICTION
BOW GRIP
KRAKOW MELT
SHUCK
Daniel Allen Cox
Daniel Allen Cox
FICTION
An incendiary story about two pyromaniacs who fight homophobia in Krakow, Poland, one of the fronts of the Solidarnosc revolution that eventually toppled the Berlin Wall in 1989. lambda literary award finalist ferro-grumley award finalist Cox’s splintered narrative, polished to an incisive gloss, bristles with both mischief and menace, and any of its short, titled chapters could stand alone. References to Pink Floyd, Polish pope John Paul II, and an unquenchable anger course from the first page to the last—a pointillistic poisoned pill. —Publishers Weekly
Shuck, by the author of Krakow Melt (left), is the intense, dazzling diary of Jaeven Marshall, a quasi-homeless hustler who seeks his fame and fortune in New York, where he tries to manage his reputation as the city’s porn star du jour when he’s not dumpster diving, tweaking, or trying to get published. lambda literary award and relit award finalist second printing An invigorating first novel … Cox’s New York City has an off-hand, vibrant authenticity. It glitters and fumes. —Globe and Mail
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WHEN FOX IS A THOUSAND
ZED Elizabeth McClung
Larissa Lai Zed is a vivid, claustrophobic, at times nightmarish novel about madness, survival, and crumbling institutions; it is Moby Dick set in the squalor of an inner city, where rules are abandoned, and it’s every man (and young girl) for him or herself. In the spirit of J.G. Ballard’s High Rise or Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory, Zed depicts a frenzied underworld; it is a novel of verve and feverish, expansive imagination.
With beautiful and enchanting prose, and a sure narrative hand, Larissa Lai combines Chinese mythology, the sexual politics of medieval China, and modern-day Vancouver to masterfully revise the myth of the Fox (a figure who can inhabit women’s bodies in order to cause mischief). Her potent imagination and considerable verbal skill result in a tale that continues to haunt long after the story is told. This new edition features an afterword by the author.
foreword magazine book of the year, science fiction A hellishly engaging novel. —Rain Taxi Shocking and complete with alarming psychological insights, Zed is like nothing you’ve read before. —Pages Magazine
second printing A sure-footed writer and teller of tales, Lai takes the reader on a magnificent journey through layers of time, myth, and imagery. —Susan Crean A particularly acute pleasure. —The Advocate
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HARD CORE LOGO Michael Turner
HOPEFUL MONSTERS
Adapting a scrapbook approach, consisting of monologues, conversations, letters, interviews, photographs, and related paraphernalia (including posters, invoices and contracts), Hard Core Logo tells the story of Joe Dick, an unrepentant, true-blue punk rocker, whose no-holds-barred approach to music was severely undermined by the breakup of his band, Hard Core Logo, done in by changing times and fortunes. So authentic that it practically gives off feedback. —NOW fiction isbn 978-1-55152-341-5 $15.95
Kingsway isbn 978-1-55152-028-5, $10.95 and Company Town isbn 978-0-88978-235-8, $9.95
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“Hopeful monsters” are genetically abnormal organisms that, nonetheless, adapt to and survive in their environments. With humor and keen insight, Goto makes the familiar seem strange, and deciphers those moments when the idyllic skews into the absurd, the sublime, even the horrific. Alternately poignant and noisy, these stories establish Hiromi Goto’s gift for short fiction that is as shining as her acclaimed novels. Defies categorization. It’s a hybrid entity for a hybrid time. —Amazon.ca Stunning, like small diamonds adorning a beautful hand. —Multicultural Review
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49th PARALLEL PSALM
PERFORMANCE BOND
Wayde Compton
Wayde Compton
A poetic, historical revision, 49th Parallel Psalm documents the migration of blacks to Canada, and as such confronts the reality of the black presence here. With recurring themes of the unknowable, the crossroads, the trickster, and entropy, 49th Parallel Psalm jumbles history, time, and the Canadian black literary canon. It’s about the endless arrival.
Compton, among the most progressive and experimental poets in Canada, defiantly and eloquently confronts the globalization and commodification of black culture. The book includes a cd of Compton performing a section from the book accompanied with musical beats, breaks, and samples. second printing
second printing 49th Parallel Psalm is a passionate, funny, dangerous, maddeningly obscure, unbearably lucid book that crackles with anger and subversive energy. —January Magazine
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There is a hip hop flavour and cadence to these pieces, to be sure, but it’s hip hop written by a bloody genius, or at least someone with a dizzying command of the language. —Vancouver Sun
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FICTION / POETRY
Hiromi Goto Hard Core Logo is an epistolary novel that portrays a punk rock band reunited for one last shot at glory.
AUTOMATON BIOGRAPHIES
McPOEMS Billeh Nickerson
Larissa Lai
POETRY
With an ear to the fizz of advertising, pop music, CNN, biotechnology, the Norton Anthology of English Literature, and cereal packaging, Lai explores the problem of what it means to exist on the boundaries of the human. By the author of When Fox is a Thousand (page 38).
The hilarious and illuminating poems in McPoems are based on Billeh Nickerson’s years working at a particularly wellknown fast food restaurant; they paint a vivid picture of life behind the counter and will resonate with anyone who has ever held a fast-food job. Hold the pickle! Billeh is also the author of Let Me Kiss It Better (page 22) and The Asthmatic Glassblower.
dorothy livesay poetry prize finalist Poetry like this is just what we need for the invasion; writing that honors the debris of the imagination while it sustains the space labs of attention. —Fred Wah
Incisive and very funny … [These poems] are the field notes of an average teenage employee, hastily scribbled on napkins during a coffee break so the ridiculousness of it all won’t be forgotten … The end result feels suitably authentic and lived-in. —See Magazine
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THE ASTHMATIC GLASSBLOWER
SEMINAL The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets
and other poems Billeh Nickerson
edited by John Barton & Billeh Nickerson A groundbreaking, comprehensive anthology of Canadian gay male poetry, the first of its kind, that reveals a national queer poetics, both dandyesque and eloquent. The material ranges from the 1890s to the present day and includes poets from every region of the country, including Quebec, translated into English for the first time. For many, the queer experience is central to their aesthetic, offering works of startling beauty and originality that go beyond borders. Contributors include bill bissett, Robin Blaser, Clint Burnham, John Glassco, Douglas LePan, Stan Persky, Andy Quan, Bill Richardson, George Stanley, and R.M. Vaughan.
Billeh Nickerson is a poet for our times—a witty, urbane chronicler of life through lavender-colored glasses. His poems, full of astonishing pleasures, speak to the wonders of the world: about “the push of knowing you’re different” and “the pull of wanting to belong.” Nickerson is also the author of McPoems (above), Let Me Kiss it Better (page 22) and the co-editor of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets (left). publishing triangle award finalist Kind of like Sex in the City, but without too much of the City, this book was genuinely one of the funniest I’ve read in a long time. —Gay Times
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